Re: switch with multiple case
| From: | Yasuo Ohgaki | Date: | Wed, 14 Mar 2001 15:12:29 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: switch with multiple case | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
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> In ASP, you can have something like:
>
> <snip>
> <%
> select case something
> case "this" do that
> case "those","them" do other
> case "crap","doesn't matter","whatever" do nothing
> case else print error
> end select
> %>
> </snip>
>
> IN PHP you can't do cases like that, because like in C, u must have a
> constant, not a list of them.
> Is there anyway to get pass this? Doing a case for each thing even tough it
> does the exact same thing as 10 others is going to get a little stupid code.
> ____________________________
Is this what you want?
<?php
switch ($val) {
case 'this':
// do that
break;
case 'those':
case 'them':
// do that
break;
case 'crap':
case 'doesnt matter':
case 'whatever':
break; // do nothing
default:
print('error');
break;
}
?>
BTW, this works C/C++.
Regards,
Yasuo Ohgaki